Komeriya, or as it is sometimes called the Colombian beauty, tidea, isoloma, gisleria - a grassy perennial plant up to 60 cm high. Plants under the name of koleria form a kind of herbaceous beautifully flowering perennials of the Gesneriyev family. The name of the plant comes from the name of its discoverer - biologist M. Kohler.
Coleria: flower description
Koleria came to us from Colombia, Mexico and Ecuador, where it grows in the wild. The underground part of the plant is tubers covered with peculiar scales - rhizomes, the rhizome looks like a pine cone. Stems erect, gradually fade over time. Leaves fleecy, ovate, up to 15 cm, with jagged edges. The leaf color varies from olive with light streaks to deep green with red.
Sheet plate is both glossy and matte. Koleria flowers with numerous flowers, which are located on the axillary peduncle in the amount of from one to seven. A koleriya flower has the shape of a bell up to 5-7 cm long, its tubule expands at the end, revealing the flower's pharynx. Flower color has a variety of shades, often interspersed with contrasting colors. The time of the year when the colony blooms depends on the country of origin and species. Most often flowering lasts from the summer and ends by the end of autumn, and some plant species can bloom almost all year round.
Important! Koleriya does not tolerate the change of place of growth, if possible, it is desirable not to rearrange the plant pot at all.
Popular types of carriage
Coleria - A fairly common plant, there are more than 60 species of both wild and indoor species in the world. Each species has a peculiar shape and color of flowers and leaves. Consider some of the most popular types of kolerii.
Koteriya Bogotskaya
Kohleriya bogototskaya (Bogotensis) reaches a height of 50-60 cm. In the wild, it grows in Colombia, on rocky forest glades. Leaves up to 10 cm long, light or dark green in color, with a jagged edge. The flowers of the Bogot kolerii are red-yellow in color on the outside and yellow with bright red patches inside. Flowering lasts almost all summer.
Koleriya majestic
Majestic coleria (Kohleria magnifica) - straight shoots of this plant species are pubescent with red hairs. The shiny leaves of the collection are trimmed with white hairs that look like quilted fabric. Flowers - large, bright orange, with dots of red and dark red stripes, entering inside the throat.
Did you know? Drops of water that have fallen on the leaves of the range, form stains of rot and subsequent loss of the leaf.
Koloskovaya Koleriya
Koloskovaya Koleria (Kohleria spicata) - one of the undersized plant species, grows up to 30 cm tall. The homeland of the species is Mexico. Leaves of koloskovaya range gray-gray, oblong, with a sharp end, trimmed with silver hairs. The flowers are orange-scarlet, the inner side is yellow with scarlet dots. Flowers grow on a long peduncle and form inflorescences, being arranged similarly to grains on an ear of wheat. The arrangement of flowers and gave the name to this type of koleriya.
Linden Komeriya
Kohleria lindeniana Koleriya (Kohleria lindeniana) comes from the mountainside of Ecuador. The plant grows up to 30 cm tall. Shoots are straight, do not branch, pubescent with white hairs. The narrow leaves are slightly elongated, the lower part of the leaf is pale pink, the upper part is green, with light lines along the veins of the leaf. Flowers are approximately 2-3 cm long, the outer part is white-purple, the inner part is yellow with brown dots. Flowering occurs in the fall. This variety is one of the most popular indoor types of colors.
Important! When dry and damaged leaves are detected on the lot, they are subject to cutting with sharp scissors or a knife; cutting off the leaves is prohibited to avoid damage to the plant.
Copper Phyderm
Kohleria digitaliflora colony is a large plant up to 80 cm tall. Young stems are straight, as they grow older they fall. The leaves are pale green, opposite, 12-15 cm long and up to 8 cm wide. Flowers represent a bell with a length of 3-5 cm with five petals. The outer side of the bell is white with lilac stripes, the inner side of the petals is light green with a scattering of purple dots. All terrestrial parts of the plant are covered with small hairs in white.
Coleria pleasant
Kohleria amabilis reaches a height of up to 60 cm. The homeland of this species is Colombia, where the plant prefers high mountainous terrain. The shoots are pale green, sparsely pubescent with white hairs. The leaves are oval in length up to 10 cm, green in color with brown streaks and silvery dashes. The flowers are scarlet on the outside, the inner side of the tube is white with a scattering of purple specks. 
Fluffy flower
Kohleria eriantha (fluffy flower) - reaches a height of up to 50 cm. Leaves up to 7 cm long, saturated green with burgundy edges, pubescent with a soft nap. Flowers up to 5 cm long, orange or scarlet, the inside of the bell is yellow with pink spots. This type of color is one of the most popular in domestic cultivation.
If the indoor room has dropped the leaves, the likelihood is high that it has gone into hibernation. The pot with the plant rearranged in a cool room and sometimes watered.
Coterium trubkotsvetkovaya
The trubkotsvetkovaya koleria (Kohleria tubiflora) came to us from Colombia and Costa Rica. Plant up to 60 cm tall, single stalks, straight. The leaves are green, oval-shaped, the outer end is pointed and slightly elongated, the inner side is reddish. The trubkotsvetkovaya koleria has an orange bright color of flowers that do not expand at the end like other types of tubes.
Wool wool
Kohleria lanata (wool Kohleria) - grows up to 50 cm tall. The stem is thick, the green leaves are rather large, covered with light brown hairs. Woolen kaleriya blooms with beige bells with brown veins, the inner side is white, with infrequent beige dashes. All terrestrial parts are densely pubescent, a sensation of their softness is externally created, this pubescence gives the name of the species. Homeland of this species is Mexico.
Coleria - excellent ornamental plant for growing at home, does not require complex care. Minimal care for the green pet will generously respond with bright colors that will decorate any interior.
